Untitled

Untitled

Ilya Bolotowsky

1937

ink

From the collection of Museum of Modern Art

About this work

This drawing shows simple black shapes on a light background. There’s a tall rectangle with a jagged cutout in the middle, like a window or a door. Around it are smaller shapes—a curved line, a tiny circle, and a few straight lines that look like they’re floating. The whole thing feels a little off-kilter, like the pieces don’t quite line up. The artist used a technique where ink is pressed onto a flat stone, then transferred to paper. That’s how the texture looks grainy in the black areas. Check out lithography to see how this process works.

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